CPC MP Lisa Raitt calls for SNC issue RCMP investigation; Fmr Nfld Premier Peckford deplores SNC/Trudeau/JWR developments; Global News David Akin reviews JWR/Wernick phone call; SK Premier Moe on imposed fed carbon tax, canola crisis; Grassy Narrows First Nation Chief Rudy Turtle on mercury poisoning/Trudeau apology
The Roy Green Show · Global News / Curiouscast
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Show Notes
Jody Wilson-Raybould's release of her phone call with former Privy Council Clerk, Michael Wernick, has opened a new series of questions and concerns about Wernick and Gerald Butts testifying at the parliamentary justice committee.
Guest: Lisa Raitt. Deputy leader. CPC. Justice committee member.
Brian Peckford is the former Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador who was very much engaged in political negotiations, including with Pierre Trudeau (Charter of Rights) from the reasonable, to anything but. Premier Peckford shares his views on the Jody Wilson-Raybould & Michael Wernick phone call and where he believes this entire saga is headed.
Guest: Brian Peckford. Former Premier, Newfoundland and Labrador.
David Akin, chief parliamentary correspondent for Global News, assesses yesterday's release of the recorded conversation between Jody Wilson-Raybould and Michael Wernick, as well as the dozens of pages of written material.
Saskatchewan Premier Scott More joins Roy to discuss China slamming the door on Canadian canola, which is a multi-billion-dollar pain to this nation, and particularly the province of Saskatchewan. They also talk about the new carbon tax in four provinces, as well as the impact of the Jody Wilson-Raybould scandal on provincial governments.
On Wednesday evening at a Liberal Party fundraiser in Toronto, protesters attempted to inform Justin Trudeau about mercury contamination at the Grassy Narrows First Nation in northern Ontario. The Prime Minister's reply as the protester was being removed was "thank you for your donation." Trudeau apologized Thursday morning, but Chief Rudy Turtle tells Roy the apology isn't satisfying First Nations leaders.
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